An old quote has regained chilling relevance: “Democracy is like a streetcar. When we reach our destination, we get off.” So said Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the 1990s, when he was mayor of Istanbul.

Turkish authorities deported a BBC News correspondent on Thursday after detaining him for 17 hours and branding him a “threat to public order.”

When Greek police raided the apartment of a 49-year-old planning officer suspected of bribery on the tourist island of Rhodes last week, they found thousands of euros stashed in her pots and pans and even the cooker hood.

Europe should enhance stockpiling of critical equipment and encourage the public to maintain sufficient supplies for at least 72 hours in case of emergencies, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

A Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by US Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation, her lawyer said Wednesday.

The western port city of Patra was rattled by a succession of three moderate earthquakes on Thursday, the largest of which had a magnitude of 3.4.

Greece saw a 54% surge in active tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2023 compared to 2022, reflecting a global trend following the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the National Public Health Organization (EODY).

The European Commission will assess US President Donald Trump’s announcement for tariffs of up to 25% on automotive imports, it said late on Wednesday, together with other measures the US is looking at in the next days.

The Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum is preparing tougher measures aimed at encouraging illegal migrants to return to their home countries.

Greece came in first in a survey as the cheapest luxury country, followed by Spain in second and Germany in third.

Professor Alexander Kitroeff joins Thanos Davelis as we look beyond the White House Greek Independence Day event to the Greek-American experience as a whole, from the early immigrants who arrived looking for opportunity to the new challenges the community faces.

Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis has dismissed the antics of a group of Hellenic Navy cadets during Tuesday’s Independence Day parade as being part of an age-old and distinctly Greek (though certainly not exclusively) custom.”

Turkey rejects “prejudiced” statements from the international community about the arrest of former Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and the nationwide protests triggered by it, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said.

On Wednesday afternoon, the National Defense Ministry unveiled the Ark of National Memory, an art installation honoring the 121,692 fallen soldiers who fought in the country’s wars.

The Hellenic Ports Association (ELIME) predicts that there will be a significant increase in cruise ship and passenger arrivals this year.

Tax evasion containment and defense spending will be the main fields for the creation of fiscal space for tax cuts and possibly other benefits that the government will make, perhaps starting this year and certainly in 2026.

Greece will participate in an international force in Ukraine only under three conditions: a ceasefire agreement, no deployment on Russian soil, and a clear exit strategy if hostilities resume.

Education and Religious Affairs Minister Sofia Zacharaki is paying her first official visit to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul on Thursday, in a move that is seen as significant from a symbolic and geopolitical perspective.

Two separate races held in support of good causes will be closing down central thoroughfares in Athens’ northern suburbs on Sunday morning.

Greek authorities have uncovered a smuggling network that reused seized boats to transport migrants.